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<div>Welcome to Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary's e-mail notice board <em>Stellwagen Sounding Lines</em>, These postings will keep you apprised of the latest happenings in and about this special ocean place. Please forward this on to your friends and associates who may also have an interest in New England's only national marine sanctuary. <a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(40, 87, 132);" href="mailto:stellwagen@noaa.gov" shape="rect" linktype="2" target="_blank">Editor</a><br /><br /></div>
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<div style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #285784;">Did you know that student researchers caught a ghost in Stellwagen Bank sanctuary on Halloween? Read more about it in the December 2015 issue of Stellwagen Bank E-Notes. Additional stories include a summary of the 2015 whale tagging season; the arrival of our new inflatable whale; photos from the volunteer appreciation whale watch; and news about the next marine art contest for students in grades K-12. You can download the issue of </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012Nyk600aqGTvLrJDDdOw_GmyHaHm8r8o1WUI4xuGJl1qL8iyqq23HTE04y2DUERXI5VawAI2_EXIXxvrHSDNBh5aHYgCNpfTKrlhFqfJkTk29eo-K6V9qE0RDMzerq9cdhcINF2SSsTPdjaKcSLvBvyiab_ETufkVHoprg2jKmLOMAqmEAGII5jyPJ2vCkWlQcBRJ3FXLDZt98jH4Z3N5JLozx7cQ4ek&c=My0ECt6GBK48VheavC3CFV4W-H2BSDUa7HZRkyj_HWZnynAj_PyKWw==&ch=S9PDL0ZDJBBI-n6LveECD1JjOgk_iTZdJ4UjVzXg-uHmWyBl3JhxHA==" linktype="1" alt="http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/library/pdfs/enotes_dec2015.pdf" target="_blank">Stellwagen Bank E-Notes</a><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #285784;"> from the sanctuary's website.</span></div>
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<div><em>Animals Without Passports</em>, the sanctuary's traveling exhibit, which focuses on humpback whales, their biology, sanctuary research, and the sister sanctuary program, has moved. Its new temporary home is The Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Conn.</div>
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<div>The traveling exhibition of winning art from the 2015 Massachusetts Marine Educators Marine Art Contest for grades K-12 will be on display at the JFK Federal Building in Boston's Government Center until December 15. The show will move to the RI Audubon Environmental Education Center in Bristol, RI for the month of January 2016.</div>
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